Reducing latency and optimizing proxy networks

Abstract

In some implementations, a computer-implemented method comprises: establishing, by a proxy server configured in a first public network, a communications connection between the proxy server and a destination host configured in a second public network; wherein the communications connection established between the proxy server and the destination host comprises two or more sub-connections established between two or more network devices configured in a private network; wherein the proxy server configured in the first public network is agnostic of NATs of two or more network addresses of the network devices configured in the private network; wherein the network device, configured in the first public network, establishes the communications connection from the network device and the destination host via the network devices configured in the private network without acquiring information about the NATs of the network addresses of the network devices configured in the private network.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A network device comprising:
 one or more computer processors;   storage media; and   instructions stored in the storage media that, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause the one or more computer processors to perform:   establishing, by the network device configured in a first public network, a communications connection between the network device and a destination host configured in a second public network;   wherein the communications connection established between the network device and the destination host comprises two or more sub-connections established between two or more network devices configured in a private network;   wherein the network device configured in the first public network is agnostic of network address translations of two or more network addresses of the two or more network devices configured in the private network,   wherein the two or more network devices comprise a gateway device that is configured to handle the network address translations for the two or more network devices configured in the private network, and   wherein the two or more network devices further comprise a residential endpoint device, and the two or more sub-connections comprise:
 a first sub-connection between the network device configured in the first public network and the gateway device; 
 a second sub-connection between the gateway device and the residential endpoint device; and 
 a third sub-connection between the residential endpoint device and the destination host. 
   
     
     
         2 . The network device of  claim 1 , wherein the network device, configured in the first public network, establishes the communications connection from the network device and the destination host via the two of more network devices configured in the private network without acquiring information about the network address translations of the two or more network addresses of the two or more network devices configured in the private network. 
     
     
         3 . The network device of  claim 1 , wherein establishing, by the network device configured in the first public network, the communications connection between the network device and the destination host does not involve establishing any Transfer Communications Protocol (TCP) communications connection to, and between, the two or more network devices configured in the private network. 
     
     
         4 . The network device of  claim 3 , wherein establishing, by the network device configured in the first public network, the communications connection between the network device and the destination host has a lower latency than establishing the communications connection that otherwise would include one or more TCP communications connections to, or between, the two or more network devices configured in the private network. 
     
     
         5 . The network device of  claim 1 , wherein the network device is a proxy server. 
     
     
         6 . The network device of  claim 1 , wherein the network address translations of a network address of the residential endpoint device is handled by another device configured in the private network. 
     
     
         7 . The network device of  claim 1 , wherein one or more sub-connections established between two or more network devices configured in the private network are established according to one or more of: WireGuard, IPSec, or IPtoIP. 
     
     
         8 . The network device of  claim 1 , wherein the first sub-connection and the second sub-connection are VPN-based connections, and the third sub-connection is a TPC-based connection. 
     
     
         9 . The network device of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the residential endpoint has a network address assigned by the gateway device, and   wherein a sub-connection of the two or more sub-connections is preemptively established, with respect to the communications connection between the network device and the destination host, between the gateway device and the residential endpoint device.   
     
     
         10 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
 establishing, by a network device configured in a first public network, a communications connection between the network device and a destination host configured in a second public network;   wherein the communications connection established between the network device and the destination host comprises two or more sub-connections established between two or more network devices configured in a private network;   wherein the network device configured in the first public network is agnostic of network address translations of two or more network addresses of the two or more network devices configured in the private network,   wherein the two or more network devices comprise a gateway device that is configured to handle the network address translations for the two or more network devices configured in the private network, and   wherein the two or more network devices further comprise a residential endpoint device, and the two or more sub-connections comprise:
 a first sub-connection between the network device configured in the first public network and the gateway device; 
 a second sub-connection between the gateway device and the residential endpoint device; and 
   a third sub-connection between the residential endpoint device and the destination host.   
     
     
         11 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 10 , wherein the network device, configured in the first public network, establishes the communications connection from the network device and the destination host via the two of more network devices configured in the private network without acquiring information about the network address translations of the two or more network addresses of the two or more network devices configured in the private network. 
     
     
         12 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 10 , wherein establishing, by the network device configured in the first public network, the communications connection between the network device and the destination host does not involve establishing any Transfer Communications Protocol (TCP) communications connection to, and between, the two or more network devices configured in the private network. 
     
     
         13 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 12 , wherein establishing, by the network device configured in the first public network, the communications connection between the network device and the destination host has a lower latency than establishing the communications connection that otherwise would include one or more TCP communications connections to, or between, the two or more network devices configured in the private network. 
     
     
         14 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 10 , wherein the network device is a proxy server. 
     
     
         15 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 10 , wherein the network address translations of a network address of the residential endpoint device is handled by another device configured in the private network. 
     
     
         16 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 10 , wherein one or more sub-connections established between two or more network devices configured in the private network are established according to one or more of: WireGuard, IPSec, or IPtoIP. 
     
     
         17 . A computer-readable non-transitory storage media storing one or more computer instructions which, when executed by one or more computer processors, cause the one or more computer processors to perform:
 establishing, by a network device configured in a first public network, a communications connection between the network device and a destination host configured in a second public network;   wherein the communications connection established between the network device and the destination host comprises two or more sub-connections established between two or more network devices configured in a private network;   wherein the network device configured in the first public network is agnostic of network address translations of two or more network addresses of the two or more network devices configured in the private network,   wherein the two or more network devices comprise a gateway device that is configured to handle the network address translations for the two or more network devices configured in the private network, and   wherein the two or more network devices further comprise a residential endpoint device, and the two or more sub-connections comprise:
 a first sub-connection between the network device configured in the first public network and the gateway device; 
 a second sub-connection between the gateway device and the residential endpoint device; and 
   a third sub-connection between the residential endpoint device and the destination host.   
     
     
         18 . The computer-readable non-transitory storage media of  claim 17 , wherein the network device, configured in the first public network, establishes the communications connection from the network device and the destination host via the two of more network devices configured in the private network without acquiring information about the network address translations of the two or more network addresses of the two or more network devices configured in the private network. 
     
     
         19 . The computer-readable non-transitory storage media of  claim 17 , wherein establishing, by the network device configured in the first public network, the communications connection between the network device and the destination host does not involve establishing any Transfer Communications Protocol (TCP) communications connection to, and between, the two or more network devices configured in the private network. 
     
     
         20 . The computer-readable non-transitory storage media of  claim 19 , wherein establishing, by the network device configured in the first public network, the communications connection between the network device and the destination host has a lower latency than establishing the communications connection that otherwise would include one or more TCP communications connections to, or between, the two or more network devices configured in the private network.